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I recently purchased a set of weatherteck front floor mats part # w40 for my 2006 toyota tundra. I ordered these mats under the impressionthey were a custom fit mat for my vehicle. They include the necessary hooks to attach the mat to the drivers side floor. But this is considered a "generic" mat and sold for all types of vehicles. With the purchaser responsible for modifying them if necessary. The design of the mat positions the right edge directly under the accelerator pedal. When the accelerator is depressed to the floor it will hang on the right edge of the mat. On the weathertech web site it shows 2 pictures of the w40 mat. One of which has the correct shape for the drivers side floor. The other is the wrong design and the one you receive. These mats should not be sold as a "generic" for vehicles they do not fit.
In march, 2013, i purchased a honda crv 2004 that came with aftermarket floormats from weathertech - model w59.those floormats are a menace.since received, we have had ongoing problems with the floormats sliding around.tonight, my son did not notice that the driver-side floormat had slid up as he got in driver's seat of the vehicle, sliding the floormat over the accelerator pedal and under the brake pedal.as my son started driving, came out of the parking lot, he came up to another vehicle and hit the brakes.the floormat prevented the vehicle from stopping in time since pushing down the brake pedal made the floormat push down the accelerator.we are going to discard the floormats and will never use weathertech products again.
I recently purchased a set of weatherteck front floor mats part # w40 for my 2006 toyota tundra. I ordered these mats under the impressionthey were a custom fit mat for my vehicle. They include the necessary hooks to attach the mat to the drivers side floor. But this is considered a "generic" mat and sold for all types of vehicles. With the purchaser responsible for modifying them if necessary. The design of the mat positions the right edge directly under the accelerator pedal. When the accelerator is depressed to the floor it will hang on the right edge of the mat. On the weathertech web site it shows 2 pictures of the w40 mat. One of which has the correct shape for the drivers side floor. The other is the wrong design and the one you receive. These mats should not be sold as a "generic" for vehicles they do not fit.
On january 2, 2010, in austin, texas, i was accelerating in a 2009 ford f-150 supercrew to enter a restricted access highway and the accelerator pedal became lodged on an aftermarket weathertech brand floor mat at fairly close to full throttle.fortunately, there was no one in my lane directly in front of me. I was able to switch the vehicle off, shift to neutral and hold my lane position as i brought the truck to a stop.i dislodged the accelerator from the mat and then removed the mat.at that point, i restarted the vehicle and was able to continue my trip. I purchased the mats directly from weathertech on dec 27,2008.shortly after i received the mats, weathertech then sent me replacement mats for the driver and front passenger.there was no explanation for the replacement mats.curious as to the reason and concerned that i was being charged again for mats, my wife called weathertech's service line. She was told that weathertech was not "satisfied with the fit" of the first set of mats that we received. There was certainly no indication that there was any safety issue with the original mats.i compared the new mats to the original ones and could see no substantial difference, so i did not replace them, and simply put the new mats in my garage, unused. After the jan 2, 2010 event, i realized that there was indeed a change.a change that i now know to be very significant.the replacement mat has a ?cut out? for the accelerator pedal to prevent the lower end of the pedal from hanging up on the mat.obviously, i have now switched out the old mat for the new one.i certainly applaud the redesign.my concern is that i received no warning or indication from weathertech that replacing the driver?s mat was an urgent safety matter that could result in death or injury if not performed promptly.i notified weathertech of my concern in january 2010 and have received no response.
On january 2, 2010, in austin, texas, i was accelerating in a 2009 ford f-150 supercrew to enter a restricted access highway and the accelerator pedal became lodged on an aftermarket weathertech brand floor mat at fairly close to full throttle.fortunately, there was no one in my lane directly in front of me. I was able to switch the vehicle off, shift to neutral and hold my lane position as i brought the truck to a stop.i dislodged the accelerator from the mat and then removed the mat.at that point, i restarted the vehicle and was able to continue my trip. I purchased the mats directly from weathertech on dec 27,2008.shortly after i received the mats, weathertech then sent me replacement mats for the driver and front passenger.there was no explanation for the replacement mats.curious as to the reason and concerned that i was being charged again for mats, my wife called weathertech's service line. She was told that weathertech was not "satisfied with the fit" of the first set of mats that we received. There was certainly no indication that there was any safety issue with the original mats.i compared the new mats to the original ones and could see no substantial difference, so i did not replace them, and simply put the new mats in my garage, unused. After the jan 2, 2010 event, i realized that there was indeed a change.a change that i now know to be very significant.the replacement mat has a ?cut out? for the accelerator pedal to prevent the lower end of the pedal from hanging up on the mat.obviously, i have now switched out the old mat for the new one.i certainly applaud the redesign.my concern is that i received no warning or indication from weathertech that replacing the driver?s mat was an urgent safety matter that could result in death or injury if not performed promptly.i notified weathertech of my concern in january 2010 and have received no response.
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